NO!!! Last year when my husband bought my present, a new .22 rifle, they needed my ID for the background check and obviously--it was my birthday. The whole store knew about it, sang happy birthday, etc. I just wanted out of there!!!! How awfully embarrassing!!!!!!

The reason why is most waiters think I'm a little boy, and when they hear how old I am, they still go on calling me "he" and just think I'm a really young looking dude.

Most of the time, I'm with my family when this happens and my family doesn't know I'm trans*/ they think I'm super feminine despite the rest of the world thinking I'm masculine. It makes things uncomfortable

I like attention and lots of it privately but not publically and especially not a Happy Birthday song in a restaurant. Besides they always try to jazz up the song and often times I can't distinguish what they're really singing.